Sharjah / Emirates Business Signaling a groundbreaking achievement for the UAE and the Arab world, Sharjah has been crowned with the prestigious ‘World Book Capital’ title for 2019 by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The honour is a recognition of the emirate’s pioneering role in supporting and expanding the local and regional publishing industries, promoting reading to ...

Sharjah / WAM Habib Al Sayegh, Chairman of the Emirates Writers Union and Secretary-General of the Arab Writers Union, stressed that the international position of Sharjah in writing, in particular, and culture, in general, has been realised, due to the wise and farsighted vision of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah ...

AL MUKALLA WAM An Emirati cargo ship carrying 15 buses to support schools and sporting clubs in the Hadhramaut, Shabwa and Ma’rib governorates arrived at Al Mukalla port on Tuesday. Ahmed Al Niyadi, Deputy Head of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), team in Hadhramaut, said that the arrival of these buses falls within the framework of the UAE’s continuous support ...